Officers responded to a home in the 500 block of Diamond Avenue SE about 10:05 p.m. on a report that a pit bull was attacking children.

Officers arrived to find that everyone was out of the house, but a 5-month-old was injured. The child was bitten on the face, police said. Ambulance workers reported the baby had lacerations to her left eye and lip.

Officers at the scene said they hoped to catch the animal using a snare and fire extinguisher.

They ended up shooting it, however, because they could not catch it safely, Grand Rapids police Lt. Theresa Budzilek said.

The child's condition was not immediately known.

Budzilek said the dog reportedly was owned by the family that lived at the home.